ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΝ, καταβασιν
KATABASIN, katabasin
Sounds Like: kah-tah-BAH-sin
Translations: descent, a descent, going down, a going down, down-grade, a down-grade
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of going down or descending. It can describe a physical movement downwards, such as a path or road that slopes downward, or a more abstract 'descent' in status or condition. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (down) and 'βαίνω' (to go).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2597 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 4:109
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:35
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 68:384
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 23:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΕΙ — (to) descent, (to) a descent, (to) going down
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΕΙΣ — descents, steps, stairs, going down
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΕΩΣ — of descent, of a going down, of a slope
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙ — descent, going down, downfall, a descent, a going down, a downfall
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΟΝ — descent, a descent, going down, a going down
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΣ — descent, a descent, going down, a going down
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